CHBC Members

Platinum Members

Since 1999, Honda has demonstrated its long-standing commitment to developing fuel cells as the ultimate clean energy technology for replacing fossil fuels, eliminating emissions, and reducing our impact on the global climate. Its advanced fuel cell electric vehicle, FCX Clarity is available for lease in the US and Japan and it has piloted several solar hydrogen refueling stations in California and Japan.

Bay Area AQMD's jurisdiction encompasses all of the area around San Francisco Bay, including Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Napa. Its mission strives to protect and improve public health, air quality, and the global climate.

The Cambridge LCF Group offers strategic advice for a variety of California environment and energy laws, energy markets analysis and design, new business development in California utility sectors, developing complex regulatory compliance plans, support for regulation promulgation efforts in state, regional, and local municipal regulatory forums. The LCF Cambridge Group also offers strategic advice for business management and government relationos for major corporations, including natural gas, energy and water utilities, new energy ventures, and emerging technology companies.

As a leading global fuel cell company, FuelCell Energy provides ultra-clean, efficient, and reliable baseload distributed generation for electric utilities, commercial and industrial companies, universities, municipalities, government entities, and other customers around the world.

Hydrogenics has over 60 years of experience designing, manufacturing, building, and installing industrial and commercial hydrogen systems around the globe.

They offer expertise for a range of applications, including hydrogen generators, hydrogen fuel cells for electric vehicles, fuel cell installations for freestanding electrical power plants and UPS systems, and hydrogen storage and power systems.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, the company is a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation.

There are approximately 20,000 employees who carry out Pacific Gas and Electric Company's primary business—the transmission and delivery of energy. The company provides natural gas and electric service to approximately 16 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California.

The architects of modern fuel cell technology, Plug Power revolutionized the industry with cost-effective power solutions that increase productivity, lower operating costs and reduce carbon footprints. Plug Power focuses on developing, manufacturing and selling hydrogen-fueled PEM GenDrive®products on commercial terms for industrial off-road (forklift or material handling) applications, with a focus on multishift high volume manufacturing and high throughput distribution sites.

South Coast AQMD is the air pollution control agency for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, the smoggiest region of the U.S. It develops and adopts an Air Quality Management Plan, which serves as the blueprint to bring this area into compliance with federal and state clean air standards.

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has been delivering clean, safe, and reliable natural gas to its customers for more than 140 years. It is the nation’s largest natural gas distribution utility, providing safe and reliable energy to 20.9 million consumers through 5.8 million meters in more than 500 communities.

Toyota is a leader in automotive alternative fuel technologies, including hydrogen fuel cell. Toyota is striving to make fuel cell vehicle technology widely available as soon as possible and currently has several vehicles in the testing stage.

US FuelCell is a wholly owned subsidiary of US Hybrid with more than 26 years of experience in fuel cell balance of plant components and vehicle development and deployment. US FuelCell was established in 2013 after the purchase of the UTC Power PEM fuel cell Transportation division. US FuelCell, a premier manufacturer of the first freeze-capable integrated fuel cell engine, is targeting medium and heavy-duty vehicle markets.

US Hybrid Corporation, established in 1999, specializes in the design and manufacture of powertrain components and systems for medium and heavy-duty electric, hybrid, and fuel cell commercial buses and trucks to enable them to become more reliable and fuel-efficient, with lower emissions and better responsiveness.

Gold Members

AC Transit is an innovative, modern bus system, owned by the public of the East Bay. Its family tree dates back to 1869 when AC Transit’s first predecessor began carrying passengers from the Jack London Waterfront into burgeoning Oakland in a horse-drawn rail car.

American Air Liquide offers industrial gases and related services to a variety of customers including those in large industry, industrial manufacturing, electronics, and healthcare marketplaces. It implements innovative technologies that curb polluting emissions, lower industry’s energy use, recover and reuse natural resources, and develops the energies of tomorrow, such as hydrogen, biofuels or photovoltaic energy.

SinoHytec focuses on the development and industrialization of safe, clean and highly fuel efficient buses and their relevant sub-components and the construction of new energy transportation facilities. With more than ten-year vehicle integration experiences for electric, hybrid-electric and fuel cell vehicles, SinoHytec have made great advances and achievements on the complete vehicle design for various electric vehicles, R&D for new energy power system, development for the vehicles’ electric control system and the construction of hydrogen station and demonstration park.

At EWII Fuel Cells, we are devoted to the research, development, and production of fuel cell components. Developing top-quality fuel cells requires many years of experience and knowledge, as well as the expertise of a variety of specialists. We have been in the business since 1996, and our highly skilled team comprises people with many different backgrounds.

Hitachi Zosen Inova acts as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor delivering complete turnkey plants and system solutions for power to gas solutions including power to hydrogen and power to SNG.. Our solutions are based on efficient and environmentally sound technologies providing complete power to SNG solutions. HZI ETOGAS technologies include turnkey power to gas process knowhow, PEM and AWE Electrolyser solution as well as proprietary methation reactors. The solutions are thoroughly tested, can be flexibly adapted to user requirements, and cover the entire plant life cycle. To enable us to work even closer to our clients, we actively foster good working relations with our branch and regional offices.

The Linde Group is a world leading supplier of industrial, process and speciality gases and is one of the most profitable engineering companies. Linde products and services can be found in nearly every industry, in more than 100 countries.

NGFS is excited and pleased to be a new member of CHBC. Our business initiatives and activities have always focused on and continued to advocate the support and deployment of alternative and renewable fueling infrastructure throughout the USA. We are one of the most active companies building Hydrogen, CNG, LNG and other energy fueling infrastructure coast to coast. Our experience spans across a broad range of industries including Transit Agencies, Waste Management, Public & Government Agencies, Education, National & Private Carriers, and Retail Fuelers to name a few.

The Sumitomo Corporation Group engages in multifaceted business activities including sales of a variety of products and services globally. This includes domestic and international business investments by leveraging its global network in various industries and consumers. The Sumitomo Corporation Group aims at creating new value by transcending existing frameworks and growing together with business partners around the world by constantly staying a step ahead in dealing with change.

Silver Members

Black & Veatch is a leading engineering, consulting and construction company. We are employee-owned and have more than 100 offices worldwide. Black & Veatch was founded in 1915 as a two-person partnership between former University of Kansas School of Engineering graduates Ernest Bateman (E.B.) Black and Nathan Thomas (N.T.) Veatch. The company began with 12 employees and an office in Kansas City, Missouri. It landed two large contracts, one in power and one in water, in its first year. The company’s strong ties with government work began in 1917, as the United States Government War Department asked Black & Veatch to supervise construction of military training camps during World War I.

BMW North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975. ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand, the MINI brand, and the ROLLS-ROYCE brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country.

CTE is a member-based non-profit, non-governmental organization to advance clean, sustainable, innovative transportation and energy technologies by helping over 200 US companies move their technologies into the global energy and transportation mainstream. CTE has also moved the needle through public awareness campaigns, educational programming, market research, and commuter behavior studies.

CNG cylinders international (CNGci), located in Oxnard – California, is a leading manufacturer of high pressure and large-diameter Type 3 cylinders.

CNGci offers cylinders for a range of applications including CNG, Hydrogen, Helium, and Carbon Monoxide for transportation, storage, and backup power.

In April 2015 CNGci became part of the Winkelmann Group; a German company with global manufacturing facilities and provider of flow formed products catering to a wide variety of automotive, industrial, defense and aerospace applications.

Energy Independence Now is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing innovative, action-oriented solutions to catalyze a rapid transition to a clean, renewable energy and transportation economy in California through policy, advocacy and research.

GenCell manufactures, sells and services fuel-cell-based power solutions that provide a reliable, scalable source of 5kW electricity. Fueled by hydrogen, the clean energy of the future, the GenCell G5 long-duration UPS (uninterruptible power supply) provides backup power for telecom, first responders and niche industrial markets. The GenCell G5 utility backup power solution produces 5kW of auxiliary power for substations and power plants to keep backup batteries fully charged for up to 900% longer.

Giner, Inc. is a world-class research and development firm specializing in the development of proton exchange membrane (PEM) based electrochemical technologies. Giner focuses on PEM technology on electrochemical sensors and biomedical devices such as self-contained transdermal alcohol sensors and environmental gas sensors and applying membrane technology to fuel cells for power generation, high-pressure electrolyzers for regenerative power, hydrogen fuel production, and oxygen production for life support.

GNA is the leading North American clean transportation and energy consulting firm specializing in market development for low-emission and alternative fuel vehicle technologies, infrastructure and fuels for both on and off-road applications. For more than 20 years, GNA has pioneered the nation’s largest and most innovative alternative fuel vehicle projects. GNA organizes two of the industry’s premier alternative fuel conferences—the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo and the High Horsepower (HHP) Summit.

Part of the IGX Group, GTM Technologies comprises a complete line of Gas Transportation Modules or GTMs for the storage and transportation of compressed natural gas (CNG). Configured around Type III composite cylinders that are lightweight, the IGX GTM can store CNG at up to 3600 psi (248 bar). GTMs can be configured for placement into standard shipping containers or onto the back of small trucks. The GTMs offered by IGX are an economical alternative to the steel solutions, which are extremely heavy and result in both decreased fuel economy when transporting the modules, as well as greater wear and tear on the vehicle and roads.

Hydrogen-XT, Inc. is a privately held company founded in 2010. They believe that hydrogen has the potential to become the primary transportation fuel in the United States if it can overcome the cost-prohibitive nature of building the required fueling infrastructure that will enable consumers to purchase and drive hydrogen-fueled vehicles.

The companies that form part of the HyET group create technologies that enable commercially viable, large scale access to decentral renewable energy sources. The primary objective of the HyET group is to develop a sustainable and profitable business based on the above objective. At the same time the HyET group pursues an active policy to develop applications of its technologies that support an environmentally sustainable economic development and rural poverty reduction.

Johnson Matthey is a speciality chemicals company and a world leader in advanced materials technology. Environmental Technologies, one of its global divisions, is a global supplier of catalysts and related technologies for applications in pollution control, cleaner fuel, more efficient use of hydrocarbons, the hydrogen economy, and other environmental benefits.

At KONTAK, our scientist and engineers are working to make Hydrogen Economy a reality.

They are pioneers in the new field of HOLC – Hydrogen on Liquid Carriers. Their product, processes and strategies are designed to produce safe, abundant, inexpensive hydrogen. They have dealt with every aspect of the hydrogen economy

McPhy Energy is a pioneer in hydrogen production from water electrolysis and hydrogen storage using metal hydrides. Integrating these technologies into product platforms, McPhy Energy is addressing the needs of customers worldwide in the mobility, industrial and power to gas markets. They have one the largest power-to-gas installation in the world in Germany. With operations in France, Italy, and Germany and presence in Asia, Americas, Russia and Middle East, McPhy Energy is prepared to service the needs of customers worldwide.

Millennium Reign Energy LCC (MRE) is an alternative fuel production company located in Dayton, Ohio. In 1988 Mr. Chris McWhinney CEO, envisioned a better way to provide an alternative fuel source for the average consumer. Since 2003 he and his team have refined that dream into a self-contained, fully automatic hydrogen generating station that will one day become a standard in every home. The AutoARK® uses electricity from any source to separate water (H2O) into hydrogen and oxygen. Although this technology has been around for many years, MRE increased the efficiency levels for alkaline type electrolyzes and reduced the cost significantly, to make it a viable solution to your hydrogen needs. See our post to the right of our latest installations.

From 1990 to 2015, Montreux Energy organized senior-level strategy roundtables on the future of global energy investment. The first Montreux Energy Roundtable was held in Montreux, Switzerland as a dialogue between OPEC, the International Energy Agency, oil & gas majors, producing countries, energy service companies, and the international banking community. Montreux Energy convened broad and comprehensive discussions of the landscape for energy policy, technology, and investment.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the only national laboratory solely dedicated to advancing renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies from concept to commercial application.

Nel is a global, dedicated hydrogen company delivering optimal solutions to produce, store, and distribute hydrogen from renewable energy. Founded in 1927, Nel has a proud history of development and continual improvement of hydrogen plants. Nel's hydrogen solutions cover the entire value chain from hydrogen production technologies to the manufacturing of hydrogen fueling stations, providing fuel cell electric vehicles with the same fast fueling and long range as conventional vehicles today.

Nuvera hydrogen supply systems and fuel cell technology are transforming the logistics, automotive, aerospace, and marine industries. As more industries adopt hydrogen fuel cells as the energy technology of choice, Nuvera is positioned as a leading global provider of advanced power solutions.

Founded in 1977, PDC Machines is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. PDC has long been a proponent of hydrogen as an energy carrier with over 200 compressors currently in use in demonstration and in commerical installations throughout the world for hydrogen refueling of vehicles, buses, material handling vehicles and experimental aircraft.

PDC Machines continues to pursue the goal of cost effective solutions to deliver high pressure hydrogen. We are proud to be taking an active role as a component supplier, promoting the growth of commericial hydrogen fueling stations by providing complete hydrogen compression solutions. We offer an extensive line of standard compressors along with turn-key engineered and compression systems to meet an array of applications ranging from single demo-sites to full scale commercial stations

The Port of Long Beach is the premier U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade and a trailblazer in innovative goods movement, safety, environmental stewardship and sustainability. As the second-busiest container seaport in the U.S., the Port handles trade valued at $180 billion annually and supports hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Rio Hondo College officially opened its doors for instruction in 1963 and is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012-2013. As a comprehensive community college, Rio Hondo offers many strong career-technical programs, such as nursing, fire and police academies, automotive and alternative fuels, a full transfer curriculum, and basic skills courses and services.

As the nation’s sixth-largest community-owned electric service provider, SMUD has been providing low-cost, reliable electricity for more than 65 years to Sacramento County (and small adjoining portions of Placer and Yolo Counties). SMUD is a recognized industry leader and award winner for its innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies, and for its sustainable solutions for a healthier environment. SMUD is the first large California utility to receive more than 20 percent of its energy from renewable resources.

Established in 1989, Schatz Energy Research Center (SERC) specializes in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and hydrogen energy systems. It works in various capacities, including research and development, technology demonstration, project development, energy systems analysis, and education and training.

True Zero is dedicated to providing customers access to safe and reliable retail hydrogen to help accelerate the adoption of electric fuel cell vehicles as a replacement for ICE vehicles. As a first step towards achieving this goal, True Zero has built and currently operates the world's largest retail hydrogen network, which spans across the State of California.

United Hydrogen Group (UHG) and its subsidiaries provide a full range of products and services to the worldwide hydrogen economy, with a vision to expand our leadership in hydrogen manufacturing, distribution, and applications development.

Verde LLC is an industry-leading and gas generation product & service provider in Stoughton, Massachusetts, delivering a reputable and highly efficient word accepted renewable energy product line. Verde LLC has offered thousands of hydrogen generators to clients among North & South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, and has strong connections with leading global companies and academic institutions in the renewable energy industry.

Airthium stores your solar and wind energy on site and above-ground for a 24/7 uninterrupted service using our MW-scale thermodynamic energy storage modules. We use electricity to power a heat pump and store the heat at 500°C (932°F) in low cost materials. The heat pump then becomes a heat engine to convert the heat back into electricity when it's needed.

CPE Inc. is a consulting firm focused on business process engineering, turnarounds, lean implementations, ERP/MRP implementations for small to mid-sized companies. CPE, Inc. was originally founded as a manufacturer of high performance air filters for the auto aftermarket industry. The manufacturing business was sold.

Community Environmental Services

Community Environmental Services provides policy, strategic, regulatory, business development and other air quality and energy assistance to a broad range of private and public sector clients.

DasH2Energy

DasH2energy is a Renewable Hydrogen Developer, who focuses on installing microgrids dedicated to producing clean renewable hydrogen. We leverage our expertise in wind, solar, and geothermal, to bring a cost effective, reliable, and clean supply of hydrogen to the FCEV market and beyond.

Eco-Energy views the global market as a significant area for growth in the biofuels industry. Our International division represents non-U.S. operations within our other business units, including Alliance Relations, Marketing Services, and Distribution Services.

Engineering, Procurement & Construction, LLC has unique experience to bring prototype equipment from fabrication to commercialization, designing and constructing large hydrogen generation facilities and new or converted electric power generating plants, pipelines for safe distribution to smaller regional and local electricity generators, and hydrogen compressors and step down stations for local distribution and to fueling stations for personal vehicles, and distribution from fuel cells within residential, industrial or commercial developments.

Founded in 2004, Ergostech, a Brazilian company in the biotechnology industry, performs with the purpose of bringing innovation to the biotechnology sector, especially in renewable energy to produce bioenergy, specifically bio-hydrogen, bio-methane and bio-products from agroindustrial waste.

G&S Budd Consulting Ltd. provides business development and program management services in the clean energy sector. Geoff has broad and deep experience in the development of fuel cell and electrolyser products spanning more than 20 years. During this time, he undertook numerous global assignments for Ballard Power Systems, a market leader in PEM fuel cell technology, including CEO of Ballard GmbH and Director of Business Development in Europe. Geoff also led over the last four plus years the North American business development of a world leading PEM electrolyser company, ITM-Power. He was successful in helping establish the company’s presence in the hydrogen clean fuel and energy storage market segments.

GTA, Inc.

GTA, Inc. performs engineering R&D and laboratory prototype fabrication and testing of scalable electrolysis systems for onsite production of renewable hydrogen and oxygen at offshore wind energy turbines. Our work is focused on expanding the current business model of offshore wind energy from electricity only production to electricity plus hydrogen production.

H2B2 is a technology based company, incorporated in 2016 and present in the United States and Spain. The company brings two decades of experience in hydrogen production, processing and technology development. H2B2 provides Innovation, Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Integration, Financing and O&M for modular hydrogen production systems, using water electrolysis.

Ivys Energy Solutions is keenly focused on becoming a leading solutions provider delivering effective engineering services and products to the global energy and hydrogen markets. Building on its founders’ decades of experience in the hydrogen fuel cell industry, Ivys Inc. is developing innovative technologies and products that will make a fundamental impact on the availability of cost-effective, readily deployable hydrogen refueling infrastructure, and enabling the successful rollout of fuel cell electric vehicles.

Kore is a biosolids management solution that recovers energy resources. The value of these resources allows us to offer an economical disposal service. We finance, build, and operate integrated on-site plants or off-site merchant facilities.

Life Cycle Associates analyzes the energy and environmental impacts of fuels and energy systems. We work with clients around the world to further the reduction of harmful emissions and negative impacts on the environment and climate. Our qualifications are based on over 60 years cumulative experience in alternative fuels, fuel production processes, delivery logistics, fuel certification and environmental impacts.

Longitude 122 West

Longitude 122 West, Inc. is a woman-owned certified small business. Established in 1995 and located in Menlo Park, California, 122 West provides engineering and economic consulting services in energy, energy storage, clean fuels and environmental analysis. Currently manages a hydrogen analysis working group for the International Energy Agency.

We are exploring sources of naturally occurring hydrogen gas from a recently discovered new type of geological sites. Natural hydrogen is clean, carbon-free, non-fossil and sustainable source of energy. It is capable of providing a cost-effective boost to the hydrogen economy. Learn more: http://nh2e.com/about-us

PowerHouse Energy Americas (“PHEA”) is a leading provider of on-site energy systems in North America. PHEA uses both traditional and renewable forms of fuel to generate electric and thermal energy that are economical and environmentally responsible.

Primidea Building Solutions

Every Capital Project is an opportunity to enhance the "triple bottom line" which includes: owner value, the environment and the communities in which we live. A commitment to social responsibility and making a positive impact with each project undertaken is the prime idea behind PrimIDEA (pronounced "prime idea").

Solar Wind Storage’s patented system uses man-made underground chambers to compress and store hydrogen gas over a wide range of capacities. At larger scales, this storage system can be integrated with solar and wind farms to offset the intermittent nature of these renewable energy sources and provide a constant energy supply to the electrical power sector. Smaller storage chambers, that can be constructed at almost any location, are suitable for applications such as refueling stations for hydrogen powered vehicles and micro-grids for remote locations.

TLM Petro Labor Force is a General Contractor with A, B, C-10, and HAZ licenses in the states of California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. We are Minority and Veteran owned, and are currently in the process of acquiring 8a certification. Our headquarters are located in Compton, CA, with branches located in Honolulu, HI, Portland, OR, and in West Richland, WA. We are capable of handling a diverse range of construction projects through our twenty years of experience within the Petroleum Retail Construction industry. We at TLM are proficient in building new ground up gas stations, hydrogen fueling stations, E85 installations, bio-diesel installations, electric charging stations, environmental upgrades, tenant improvements, ADA retrofits, and numerous multi-site programs. With our involvement within the fueling industry being our backbone, we at TLM believe that Hydrogen Fuel is the future of the industry, and we are committed in expanding infrastructure to bring the future to fruition for our environment and planet. TLM is proud to be part of the California Hydrogen Business Council and is excited to work with other members in order to make the Council’s vision a reality.

Wiretough Cylinders LLC is a Virginia based company manufacturing high pressure cylinders for the storage of compressed natural gas (CNG) on board a vehicle as fuel. The company additionally has developed cylinders in 200 to 875 Bar (3,000 to 13,000 psi) for storage of gases such as CNG, hydrogen and helium.

Zero Carbon Energy Solutions

Zero Carbon Energy Solutions is a technical consulting firm with clients that include the U.S. Department of Energy, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, Safety Codes and Standards program, and The Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA).

Affiliates

The California Air Resources Board is a part of the California Environmental Protection Agency. It aims to promote and protect public health, welfare and ecological resources through the effective and efficient reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and considering the effects on the economy of the state.

The California Fuel Cell Partnership is a collaboration of organizations, including auto manufacturers, energy providers, government agencies and fuel cell technology companies, that work together to promote the commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

With offices in Los Angeles, Fresno and Sacramento, Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) works to restore California’s air quality through advocacy, education and outreach. CCA is dedicated to restoring clean, healthy air to California by advocating for effective public policy, responsible regulation and practical business solutions.

The Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California, Irvine addresses the development and deployment of efficient, environmentally sensitive, sustainable power generation and energy conversion worldwide. At the heart of this endeavor is the creation of new knowledge brought about through fundamental and applied research, and the sharing of this knowledge through education and outreach. Industry is actively engaged and vital to this effort.